George Clooney never tires of his sex symbol status - because he accepts he won’t always be admired for his good looks.

The Leatherheads star insists he didn’t appreciate compliments about his appearance in his younger years, fearing the praise implied he had a handsome face, but an unintelligent mind.

But at 46 years old, Clooney now revels in his fans’ admiration.

He says, “Well, you know, people have been nice to me most of my life. I mean, fairly kind. But there was a time when compliments about your appearance were used to make it sound as though you weren’t bright, in some way - so much so that you almost wanted to avoid them. But you get to an age when you’ll take any compliments you can get - you know, ‘Yeah, thanks’ - so when people are trying to be nice, I’m never bothered.”

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John Krasinski was so paranoid George Clooney would pull one of his trademark pranks on him while shooting new movie Leatherheads, he checked under his bed and in his closet every night.

Before filming on Leatherheads began, Krasinski was warned of Clooney’s reputation for staging elaborate practical jokes - and he was determined not to become the actor/director’s latest victim.

Krasinksi says, “I love all the (Clooney) prank stories. Luckily, he was too busy doing his directing/acting/producing/writing thing. He brought out serious George.

“I was so scared. I’d heard from literally everybody I came into contact with - even people at Starbucks - that said, ‘George is going to pull a prank on you, you know that right?’ I was like, ‘Is this a prank?’ I was so nervous.

“I did, every night, look under my bed and look in my closet.”

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From cocktail waitress to A-list girlfriend – Sarah Larson is living the dream.

Now the former Fear Factor winner is opening up about how she snagged George Clooney, one of the planet’s most eligible bachelors.

Although it’s been widely reported that the two met at the June 2007 Ocean’s Thirteen premiere at the Palms Casino Resort on Las Vegas, she says they actually met much earlier.

“It was on his birthday three or four years ago at Whiskey at [Vegas’s] Green Valley Ranch,” Larson says, according to the Las Vegas Review Journal.

The actor was with a group of pals, including Whiskey Bar owner Rande Gerber (Cindy Crawford’s husband). “I was with some friends. We were all dancing, taking pictures, being silly.”

At the time, Larson worked as a cocktail server at the venue – but she was dating someone else.

Then, when Clooney arrived in Vegas for the Ocean premiere last summer, “he heard I was working at Moon [nightclub].” The actor tracked her down, she says, and “we hung out.” A month later, he invited her to go to Italy.

Road to Romance
As their one-year anniversary approaches, Clooney and Larson can certainly look back on a very eventful year.

They’ve survived a motorcycle crash. They’ve ruled the red carpet at film festivals and the Academy Awards. And, the Review Journal reports, she’s even met his parents.

Next up for the couple? Clooney, who turns 47 next month, will whisk Larson away for a vacation at his Italian villa.

It’s a trip, she said, that could help her burgeoning modeling career. (The 28-year-old recently strutted her stuff in a swimsuit in an Ashley Paige fashion show.) “We’ll be in Como,” she says, “which isn’t that far from Milano.”

The Leatherheads star is very supportive of her career, she added.

“Your boyfriend better be,” she noted. “If they aren’t, you gotta kick ‘em in the butt and walk away.”

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Police in Milan, Italy have launched an investigation into a company trying to pass off a new line of clothing as items created and designed by George Clooney.

Two people are under investigation for alleged fraud after police seized garments and watches, which were to be launched under Clooney’s name next week.

The movie star, who is promoting new film Leatherheads in Italy - where he has a holiday home - says, “If someone tries to sell you clothes or watches that are based on me, don’t buy them.”

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George Clooney was baffled by recent reports he was to wed girlfriend Sarah Larson, insisting he was only alerted to the story when a friend called to congratulate him.

The star was recently forced to deny he was to marry Larson after reports surfaced claiming he had proposed to the former cocktail waitress and they were planning a ceremony in Italy. But Clooney is convinced he was the last to know about the story.

He says, “My BlackBerry woke me up the other day. It was buzzing away and when I looked at the message it said I was getting married. I thought, ‘Wow! Somebody should tell Sarah!’”

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George Clooney avoids searching his name on the internet, because he doesn’t like the “angry people” who inhabit cyberspace.

The Michael Clayton actor was shocked to discover “brutal” comments about himself online a few years ago, and vowed to stay away from the web as a result of the negative experience.

He says, “A few years ago, I went to check out this website that someone had talked about. There’s like, a thousand people sitting in dark rooms trashing you. Brutal! You’re like, ‘Wow, dude’. You see way too many angry people (on the internet). I remember getting off the machine and thinking, ‘Never, ever again’. I’d rather live in my own happy, quiet world where I think that everyone is nice.”

Hey George, we got nothing but love for ya over here!

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